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and then mitt romney appears in defiance ohio. ♪ >> well there you have it meatloaf endorsing romney and so does double cheeseburger. i'm done talking now. ♪ >> jennifer: thanks for joining us here on "the war room," everybody. have a great night, and a wonderful weekend. please make sure you get out and vote if you are in an early voting state, and go tigers. ♪ minute but then it feels grate. good night everybody.
and then mitt romney appears in defiance ohio. ♪ >> well there you have it meatloaf endorsing romney and so does double cheeseburger. i'm done talking now. ♪ >> jennifer: thanks for joining us here on "the war room," everybody. have a great night, and a wonderful weekend. please make sure you get out and vote if you are in an early voting state, and go tigers. ♪ minute but then it feels grate. good night everybody.
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dew point that. >> reporter: romney traveled to three swing states. the race is in a dead heat. in a new ad the republican nominee is challenging the president's remarks that quote, voting the best revenge. >> let me tell you, vote for love of country. >> reporter: the war of words is likely to continue through election day as the candidates fight for those remaining undecided voters who could swing the outcome. >> i'm sorry, jim, i'm going to stop the subsidy to pbs. i like big bird, but i'm not going to keep spending money on things to borrow money from china. >> remember that? well more than a thousand puppeteers and public broadcasting supporters reis sponded today with a million puppet march. the intent was to show support for pbs. >>> california has reached an all time high of more than 1800 registered voters. but state republicans are not celebrating. republicans now make up less than 30% of california's electort. >>> the secof state's office reports republicans make up 29.3% of the electorate. democrats make up 37% only a slight decline from '08. >> when you're already t
dew point that. >> reporter: romney traveled to three swing states. the race is in a dead heat. in a new ad the republican nominee is challenging the president's remarks that quote, voting the best revenge. >> let me tell you, vote for love of country. >> reporter: the war of words is likely to continue through election day as the candidates fight for those remaining undecided voters who could swing the outcome. >> i'm sorry, jim, i'm going to stop the subsidy to pbs. i...
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one way or the another whether they are for obama or romney, it gets back to the economy. and you know what would hurt, president obama, is if stock market tanked -- there is that. neil: i wish we had more time, rolling stone article, getting talk that president comment i'll cut to initial calling mitt romney, a bis bs 'er, were you struck by that? seemed out of character for a president we're told does not curse that much. a lot of republicans that look at that as well say, well, it takes one to know one. >> i was in oval office interviewing the president, after we left that is when it happened much he is telling the story, he may have been trying to be a little bit hip for rolling stone. this past week he did not just rolling stone but mtv, and things maybe he thought that would appeal. neil: but rolling stone, and i imagine you knew that would be the quote people would seize on? >> well, you know, it went up for a day, and ap did not pick up on it, and it popped, i went on charlie rose, cbs in morning and drudge report put it on the top it took off for a half day, then
one way or the another whether they are for obama or romney, it gets back to the economy. and you know what would hurt, president obama, is if stock market tanked -- there is that. neil: i wish we had more time, rolling stone article, getting talk that president comment i'll cut to initial calling mitt romney, a bis bs 'er, were you struck by that? seemed out of character for a president we're told does not curse that much. a lot of republicans that look at that as well say, well, it takes one...
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mitt romney can't do nothing about it. through no fault of mitt romney. barack obama is the president and there are advantages to incumbency. >> my friend and former colleague chris is absolutely right, the debate was, you know, a month -- a month ago tomorrow, and there's no question -- no question that governor romney got two, two and a half weeks of very, very strong momentum coming out of that. pollsters i talk to on both sides say the momentum was spent in the race and stabilized a little over a week ago before sandy came along. so i -- to be honest i think sandy may affect the popular vote a little bit, but to be honest i don't think it's going to -- i think it's going to be a convenient excuse for some people but this momentum had already stopped and this race had stabilized before sandy came along. >> and let me just pause it here and see either of you disagree with me, today's jobs report offered talking points to both. we heard mitt romney say and we heard it earlier, that the fact that it inched up to 7.9%, even though there were 171,000 net ne
mitt romney can't do nothing about it. through no fault of mitt romney. barack obama is the president and there are advantages to incumbency. >> my friend and former colleague chris is absolutely right, the debate was, you know, a month -- a month ago tomorrow, and there's no question -- no question that governor romney got two, two and a half weeks of very, very strong momentum coming out of that. pollsters i talk to on both sides say the momentum was spent in the race and stabilized a...
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romney needed to do three things. on cares about you, understands the middle class be closer than he could have been, he couldn't lose those by large double digit margins and narrowed those. couldn't win them, had no narrow them. had plans for the economy needed a significant lead. the president has been ahead at times, kind of remarkable and three is, is favorable, unfavorable, governor romney went into the general election season based on most polls as the worst nominee of either party ever in terms of do you like this person or not? do you think of them favorably, unfavorably, he has really improved and in fact in some polling he went past the president on that measure. and that is to go back to the question of what is the one dynamic of this campaign? would he be seen as acceptable? i think he improved enough to be acceptable he has not been destroyed the way kerry was destroyed. the swift boat commercials. >> and by punishable sizing his saying i was for it before i was against it and the video of windsurfing and
romney needed to do three things. on cares about you, understands the middle class be closer than he could have been, he couldn't lose those by large double digit margins and narrowed those. couldn't win them, had no narrow them. had plans for the economy needed a significant lead. the president has been ahead at times, kind of remarkable and three is, is favorable, unfavorable, governor romney went into the general election season based on most polls as the worst nominee of either party ever...
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log cabin endorsed mitt romney. what is wrong with people? this man is getting away with everything, nobody seems to be holding him accountable, except your station, and a few on msnbc. and now he fakes that he is not campaigning, when he hasn't stopped? who is going to hold him accountable? what is wrong with america? wake up. >> exactly. when he first announced that he would be having this relief rally, he was asking for donations of goods, but he had to change that because the red cross does not want donations of goods, but then he had to change that because the red cross just needs donations of money. >> where would mitt romney get money? >> in his couch cushions on his campaign bus. >> it's not like he is going to write a personal check -- >> why doesn't he? >> that's what i'm saying. he should. wouldn't that be a great commitment to our country -- >> give donations in swiss franks. >> exactly. just a suggestion, mitt. >> yeah, just spitballing here. >> they are storm-relief events which happen to take place in ohio. >> exactly. jennifer
log cabin endorsed mitt romney. what is wrong with people? this man is getting away with everything, nobody seems to be holding him accountable, except your station, and a few on msnbc. and now he fakes that he is not campaigning, when he hasn't stopped? who is going to hold him accountable? what is wrong with america? wake up. >> exactly. when he first announced that he would be having this relief rally, he was asking for donations of goods, but he had to change that because the red...
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barack obama ahead of mitt romney. even are slightly at which means for my party you have to get our enthusiasm level up to match the ground game. lou: and you're doing an excellent job of that. >> exactly correct. exactly correct. lou: he would like to say that one more time. >> exactly correct. he who turns out and get his vote out wins the election. the problem the democrats have is that may not be able to replicate the same kind of turnout as they had in 2008. very hard, particularly among young people and others who were so involved. lou: you are one of the country's leading strategists. you understand these polls better than almost anyone. give us your sense of what is happening right now? our independence still likely to break by the obama? udc as benefiting going into the final days? >> this will break down to the old makes a ultimately. the last time pro we in our lifetime, southern protestant, breaking out that way. if you look at the states that are out, nevada and colorado, hispanics and others no voting mo
barack obama ahead of mitt romney. even are slightly at which means for my party you have to get our enthusiasm level up to match the ground game. lou: and you're doing an excellent job of that. >> exactly correct. exactly correct. lou: he would like to say that one more time. >> exactly correct. he who turns out and get his vote out wins the election. the problem the democrats have is that may not be able to replicate the same kind of turnout as they had in 2008. very hard,...
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with the romney campaign they look at these mums the trend is still in romney's favor. he's getting better with independents, closing the gender gap with women and has greater gop enthusiasm. obama campaign looks at the top line numbers and says we'll win. the omni campaign says no there's data points we find optimistic. >> what impact has the storm had on the momentum of the campaign? >> it's frozen the campaign, charlie. it's taken up the media space. but the on the ground work still continues. in ohio they lost power on monday night in cuyahoga county there was an obama phone banking operation that continued by candlelight. in hampton roads, virginia they shut down had to evacuate. they took over 75 rooms in richmond, virginia, overnight made it obama-biden operation there within a matter of hours. so all that ground game stuff still goes unabated. storm takes up tremendous amount of media space but where it matters most the campaign continues. >> will the ground game favor one or other candidate? >> look the early vote right now is there's a huge dispute going on. i
with the romney campaign they look at these mums the trend is still in romney's favor. he's getting better with independents, closing the gender gap with women and has greater gop enthusiasm. obama campaign looks at the top line numbers and says we'll win. the omni campaign says no there's data points we find optimistic. >> what impact has the storm had on the momentum of the campaign? >> it's frozen the campaign, charlie. it's taken up the media space. but the on the ground work...
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the infamous 700 so many million dollars that, you know, the romney plan, the obama care issues. i mean, it has become all of these nationale issues that thoe four races have focused on. are almost -- they give us a slice of flavor. >> and, josh, we heard all along, nancy pelosi talk about the drive for 25. they need 25 seats to win back the house. she seem convinced, at least plays that part, that they't, going to be able to do that. does that look possible? >> sh plays that part very well. bec se it is her job to play that pab. i don't think anybody thinks t hat the democrats have a rhea shot at retaking the house in this elechion. i think the prevailing wisdom is, they will gain seats. ot have enough to put nancy pelosi back in the speaker's office. on the other hand, over in the senate, where a lot of people had thought that the demrats were vulnerable to losing the senate, it now looks like they will retain control of the senate, as the republicans have faltered in states like missouri and indiana, massachetts and a few other places.nd and so, we stand a very good chance, i
the infamous 700 so many million dollars that, you know, the romney plan, the obama care issues. i mean, it has become all of these nationale issues that thoe four races have focused on. are almost -- they give us a slice of flavor. >> and, josh, we heard all along, nancy pelosi talk about the drive for 25. they need 25 seats to win back the house. she seem convinced, at least plays that part, that they't, going to be able to do that. does that look possible? >> sh plays that part...
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governor christie hurting romney by doing this. other people are saying maybe these two guys are just doing their job and coming together regardless of party. what do you think? >> you know what i think, norah. i think this is, when we see governor christie here, he is behaving as we would expect a leader to behave. i mean, you know this country has gotten so divided and the partisanship is running so high. i mean why wouldn't the governor of new jersey, a state that's been hit like this, why wouldn't he call on the president. he needs the president right now. and why wouldn't he be gracious enough to say thank you when the president gets on the phone, he said yesterday he talked to him three times, the time at midnight. why wouldn't he say thank you. his folks immediate the federal government right now. and i must say, i wish more officials would act like this. i think this is what -- i think this is what americans are hungrying for is officials that can come together, put partisanship aside and try to solve the problem whatever i
governor christie hurting romney by doing this. other people are saying maybe these two guys are just doing their job and coming together regardless of party. what do you think? >> you know what i think, norah. i think this is, when we see governor christie here, he is behaving as we would expect a leader to behave. i mean, you know this country has gotten so divided and the partisanship is running so high. i mean why wouldn't the governor of new jersey, a state that's been hit like this,...
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romney has a 19% chance. and as of tonight, 25 million people have already voted but long lines are creating a serious situation in some parts of florida. yes, florida all over again. some people are waiting three hours or more to vote and we will be asking why governor rick scott in florida is refusing to extend hours as his predecessors have done. but we start with tonight's lead. the closer. just four days to go and president obama is sprinting to the finish line with a passionate pitch to ohio voters and he's doing so by dismantling governor romney's rationale in this race one line of the obama argument, i am the guy you know. >> after four years as president, you know me. you may not agree with every decision i've made, you may be frustrated sometimes at the pace of change, but you know that i say what i mean and i mean what i say. you know what i believe. you know where i stand. you know i tell the truth. and you know i fight for working families every single day as hard as i know how. >> we know what t
romney has a 19% chance. and as of tonight, 25 million people have already voted but long lines are creating a serious situation in some parts of florida. yes, florida all over again. some people are waiting three hours or more to vote and we will be asking why governor rick scott in florida is refusing to extend hours as his predecessors have done. but we start with tonight's lead. the closer. just four days to go and president obama is sprinting to the finish line with a passionate pitch to...
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why didn't governor romney talk about benghazi? liz: a toyota or a nissan could have taken over gm and still preserved those jobs in this country instead of the government stepping in, same story with the battery maker, no. charles: let's kind of stick to this whole thing. if the president wins, he has talked about doubling down. initially doug and judge they talked about this as spending and then changed it to investing, understanding what you and i are talking about. >> the government actually claims it has an investment if this company? charles: the president says we're investing this our energy future. that's the line. we have all heard it so much that we can all kind of regurgitate it. >> that should drive your colleagues downtown crazy, why government gives away taxpayer cash or money it's borrowed from china and gives that way. charles: it should drive all americans crazy. but here's the thing, though. they continue to do it. they continue to say we're going to do this. it was an investment just like the internet was an inve
why didn't governor romney talk about benghazi? liz: a toyota or a nissan could have taken over gm and still preserved those jobs in this country instead of the government stepping in, same story with the battery maker, no. charles: let's kind of stick to this whole thing. if the president wins, he has talked about doubling down. initially doug and judge they talked about this as spending and then changed it to investing, understanding what you and i are talking about. >> the government...
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. >> reporter: romney canceled a campaign event tomorrow in new hampshire. his campaign is not overly alarmed by all the cancelations because he's focusing instead >>> we are looking at dense fog around the bay area looking toward coit tower. the giant orange as the giants have won the world series. the fog is going to lift today. temperatures in the 40s and 50s. seeing delays at sfo for over an hour because of the fog. 70s, low 80s inland. and 60s coast side. next couple days looking nice. slight chance of showers on wednesday. >>> the approaching hurricane is forcing hundreds of thousands of traveler tos to change their plans. we'll show how long it could take for airline schedules to return to normal. >>> also, what you need to do if your flight has been canceled. >>> and for the second time in just over a year, storms force new york city to shut everything down. we'll take you to the nypd's operation center and talk to ray kelly on cbs "this morning." >>> even if your thousands of miles from the -- even if you're thousands of miles from the east coast, h
. >> reporter: romney canceled a campaign event tomorrow in new hampshire. his campaign is not overly alarmed by all the cancelations because he's focusing instead >>> we are looking at dense fog around the bay area looking toward coit tower. the giant orange as the giants have won the world series. the fog is going to lift today. temperatures in the 40s and 50s. seeing delays at sfo for over an hour because of the fog. 70s, low 80s inland. and 60s coast side. next couple days...
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the romney campaign looks at these numbers and the statewide polls and the trend is still in romney's favor, closing the gender gap with women, has greater gop enthusiasm. obama campaign looks at the top line numbers and says we're going to win. romney campaign says no, uppedlying data points we find optimistic and maybe give us a path to victory. >> what impact has the storm had on the momentum of the campaign? >> it's frozen the campaign, charlie, taken up the media space. on the groundwork still continues. give you a couple of examples. in ohio, they lost power monday night. in cuyahoga county, there was an obama phone banking operation that continued by candlelight. in hampton rhodes, virginia, they shut down and had to evacuate. they took over 75 rooms in richmond, virginia and made it an obama/biden phone operation within hours. all that ground game stuff goes on, unabated. storm takes up tremendous media space. where it may be most zies ideci the campaign continues. >> will it benefit one or the other capped date? >> i'm trying to write a magazine piece about this. it's almost
the romney campaign looks at these numbers and the statewide polls and the trend is still in romney's favor, closing the gender gap with women, has greater gop enthusiasm. obama campaign looks at the top line numbers and says we're going to win. romney campaign says no, uppedlying data points we find optimistic and maybe give us a path to victory. >> what impact has the storm had on the momentum of the campaign? >> it's frozen the campaign, charlie, taken up the media space. on the...
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how is he going after governor romney today? >>reporter: he says there are signs of progress 5.5 million job creates and he says that mitt romney lacks new ideas and that is returning to the ways of the past. here is the president in buckeye country in columbus area today. >> we know what change looks like. and what the governor is offering ain't it. giving more power back to the biggest bangs, that is not change. another $5 trillion tax cut in favor of the wealthy, that's not change. refusing to answer questions about the details of your policies until after the election? that is not change. would report after running in 2008 as "hope and change" he is not crazy about governor romney saying he is the "change" candidate and the president calls governor romney a great salesman. >>shepard: the president invested a lost time in ohio is this the last time before tuesday? >>reporter: he is making the third of three stops in ohio today. we expect he will make stops in ohio saturday, sunday, and monday including cleveland, cincinnati,
how is he going after governor romney today? >>reporter: he says there are signs of progress 5.5 million job creates and he says that mitt romney lacks new ideas and that is returning to the ways of the past. here is the president in buckeye country in columbus area today. >> we know what change looks like. and what the governor is offering ain't it. giving more power back to the biggest bangs, that is not change. another $5 trillion tax cut in favor of the wealthy, that's not...
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and so governor romney is making this case. he's basically saying you go with president obama, it's more of the same. >> rose: more years of what happened and are you not happy with what happened. >> exactly. and go with me and i have a plan. in his closing argument he goes through his five, he's even given some of his items, name, the names of the bills that he would enact. and the president is saying i'm not done yet. he says you know, i'm to the going to give up that fight. and then he goes in his closing argue speech he talks about various people. and he said they need a champion. so he is running as the champion for the middle class. and that is both a message to the base but it's also to those undecided voters. >> rose: romney is running as a champion of woman. >> romney is running as a champion of everyone, he says. and of course that is to deal with the lingering problems from that surreptitiously taped 47%. but he is saying now that he is running as the candidate of change. which taking president obama's tag line from
and so governor romney is making this case. he's basically saying you go with president obama, it's more of the same. >> rose: more years of what happened and are you not happy with what happened. >> exactly. and go with me and i have a plan. in his closing argument he goes through his five, he's even given some of his items, name, the names of the bills that he would enact. and the president is saying i'm not done yet. he says you know, i'm to the going to give up that fight. and...
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jan crawford is in tampa covering the romney campaign. jan, good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning. romney's been keeping a pretty low profile over the past couple days as he's been trying to maintain this delicate balance between keeping a public presence while the east coast is being battered by hurricane sandy. but now, six days to go, he is back on the campaign trail. he's got a rally here shortly. they've just opened the doors to let people in. he is looking to build that momentum, continue building momentum. as you said, our poll here in florida shows he's picked up a lot of ground with voters in this key state in the past month. romney arrived in florida tuesday night ahead of three campaign events here today. he'll be joined by senator marco rubio and former florida governor jeb bush as he makes stops just outside miami and along the i-4 corridor, looking to reach crucial swing voters. our new poll now has romney in a dead heat with the president after trailing by nine points just over a month ago. romney is now edging out
jan crawford is in tampa covering the romney campaign. jan, good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning. romney's been keeping a pretty low profile over the past couple days as he's been trying to maintain this delicate balance between keeping a public presence while the east coast is being battered by hurricane sandy. but now, six days to go, he is back on the campaign trail. he's got a rally here shortly. they've just opened the doors to let people in. he is looking to build that...
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plus 2, romney plus 5, romney plus 1. there are a lot of obama leaning polls as well, but even though i look at those polls, you're telling me that it sounds like obama has the edge and he's actually going to win the election? >> if you look structurally, he has an advantage right now. now, if those states happen to flip, and they have gotten closer, and there's a debate of course and charlie, i know, will have a lot to say about this, about what polls to believe in, are polls even trustworthy now, everybody seems to have their hone poll. i don't know that there are actually that many people in ohio. i immediately like maybe there are professional poll takers in ohio, and if so, that would be a great business if your want to get in that. sure, highly answer your poll, $5. there's so much data coming out of there that you almost don't know what to believe, so you sort of have to read what's happening from the campaigns and it's pretty clear that there is, again, when you talk about just a few of these states and we can go
plus 2, romney plus 5, romney plus 1. there are a lot of obama leaning polls as well, but even though i look at those polls, you're telling me that it sounds like obama has the edge and he's actually going to win the election? >> if you look structurally, he has an advantage right now. now, if those states happen to flip, and they have gotten closer, and there's a debate of course and charlie, i know, will have a lot to say about this, about what polls to believe in, are polls even...
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romney is winning independents. so there. romney has this thing in the bag. carl rove, for the republicans this year, he took to "the wall street journal" this week to patiently explain to the people who don't understand that these numbers that look so bad for mr. romney do not matter or they are wrong. or they are wrong and they don't matter. because he says democrats are not winning early voting by enough. and he says the polls make assumptions about turnout that he describes as absurd. it also describes some stuff that makes him believe romney is going to win like crowd size and closing arguments. that shows that mitt romney is totally going to win this thing. both are trying to convince the country it's obvious they are going to win. it's worth listening to the arguments and checking to see if the arguments are based in good sense. but honestly, it's also worth recognizing that every campaign on both sides does this every time. for example, here is how this particular phenomenon looked the day before the election in 2008 when this bragging that we get eve
romney is winning independents. so there. romney has this thing in the bag. carl rove, for the republicans this year, he took to "the wall street journal" this week to patiently explain to the people who don't understand that these numbers that look so bad for mr. romney do not matter or they are wrong. or they are wrong and they don't matter. because he says democrats are not winning early voting by enough. and he says the polls make assumptions about turnout that he describes as...
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then a look at how mitt romney and the republicans are campaigning across the state with republican strategist sean tonner, and later an analysis of president obama's strategy. our guest is rick palassio. washington journal is your phone calls, tweets and e-mails live every morning at 7:30 eastern on c-span. >> these are the stories your textbooks left out. their great stories about real people in american history, very important moments that we don't know about. the first pilgrims in america came to, came 50 years before the mayflower sailed. they were french, they made wine, they had the good sense to land in florida in june instead of december in massachusetts, but then they were wiped out by the spanish, but we've completely left out
then a look at how mitt romney and the republicans are campaigning across the state with republican strategist sean tonner, and later an analysis of president obama's strategy. our guest is rick palassio. washington journal is your phone calls, tweets and e-mails live every morning at 7:30 eastern on c-span. >> these are the stories your textbooks left out. their great stories about real people in american history, very important moments that we don't know about. the first pilgrims in...
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the campaign spend a lot of time defining romney before romney was able to define obama. romney was criticized for taking a week off in july for campaigning about the obama's strategy and for bundling the trip to israel, europe and poland. he announced paul ryan as his running mate but that didn't produce the bump he needed. as the focus of the race turned to medicare and the ryan budget. the republican convention was disrupted by weather and a guy talking to an empty chair. and then mid-september in the leaked video of mitt romney's 47% remark surfaced doing the campaign work for them. the first presidential debate, romney bested obama in front of 66 million people and began to benefit from momentum. and then hurricane sandy hit. on tuesday romney will try to do something only accomplished once in 100 years. he'll try not to just unseat an incumbent president, but he's trying to knock a party out of power after just one term. while the president is targeting each part of his coalition with a handful of small arguments, romney is counting on winning the large one. >> he m
the campaign spend a lot of time defining romney before romney was able to define obama. romney was criticized for taking a week off in july for campaigning about the obama's strategy and for bundling the trip to israel, europe and poland. he announced paul ryan as his running mate but that didn't produce the bump he needed. as the focus of the race turned to medicare and the ryan budget. the republican convention was disrupted by weather and a guy talking to an empty chair. and then...
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there is not a single average that has governor romney up. what you have to do is look at the -- [ talking over each other ] connell: the president up to in the average. it is always good to have you on, leo. >> 24 hour news has changed the landscape. dagen: and twitter. twitter has a huge impact on young voters. >> everything is instinct speed and this hurricane. we are getting pictures off of twitter. left back. dagen: it was great to see you. >> thank you for having me on. connell: there is more coming up, of course, on hurricane sandy. we are also ten minutes away from getting an update from the mayor of new york city. we will have mayor bloomberg live when it happens. dagen: look at how oil is faring today. just under $86 a barrel. ♪ connell: keeping our eye on hurricane sandy. just moments from now the mayor of new york city will be briefing us on the storm. president obama will also make a statement at 12:45 p.m. eastern time. in about three minutes, the mayor's briefing is scheduled to start. once that gets underway, we will take it
there is not a single average that has governor romney up. what you have to do is look at the -- [ talking over each other ] connell: the president up to in the average. it is always good to have you on, leo. >> 24 hour news has changed the landscape. dagen: and twitter. twitter has a huge impact on young voters. >> everything is instinct speed and this hurricane. we are getting pictures off of twitter. left back. dagen: it was great to see you. >> thank you for having me on....